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Hartmut,
Hum, though
I’d like to help you with alternate lists for other models, I only owned the D
with the C-85.
Perhaps
the list members could quickly let you know the key engine numbers for the
other models. A-787 and A-718 will
give the static rpm limits.
Your list
would be a good one to use as a starter list. Whether or not Mitch wants to put them on the Ercoupe.org
site, I’ll put them on my Ercoupe website.
You’re
right that useful load is the bug-a-boo of Ercoupes. I had 505 lb. useful load and my weight used to hover around
250. With my wife at 145-155, we
only had 16 lb. for luggage to stay within my personal limit of 50 over gross
(with full fuel). And I’d only go
over gross on a long cross country and I’d be very, extra careful till the
first 50 lb. of fuel burned off.)
My Coupe
had LOTS of heavy instruments. If
Sport somehow allows Ercoupes (or if I can someday get my medical back), I might
someday get one again. If so, I’ll
strip it down to minimal instruments and see if I can get approval to use
modern electronic combo instruments.
With those and a light weight battery and a modern light-weight starter,
we could trim the plane by more than 100 lb., I bet.
For my
Challenger, I’ve got a combo electronic instrument that has everything except
the compass, all in about two (2) lb.
With that, a compass and a GPS, I could have it all covered with 5 lb.
of instruments. The catch is that
this is not a TSOed instrument package so special FAA approval would have to be
obtained. I don’t know what the
chances are for such approval.
( http://www.aerialadventure.net/ )
Ed
Burkhead
http://edburkhead.com/
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hartmut Beil
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To: Ed Burkhead
Subject: [SPAM] FW: [COUPERS-FLYIN]
Pre Flight Checklist
FW: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Pre Flight Checklist
- From: Ed Burkhead
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- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 04:14:18
Hartmut,
In
the initial
category, what is “Papera
A.R.O.W”
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Ve
ry good
checklist. If I still had
my
Coupe, I’d adopt yours.
Thanks Ed for the nice words.
I just realized that sending the
checklist to the group removed me from both lists on the Ercoupers servers.
I hope it is fixed by now.
Papera by the way should be Papers, the s
is close to the a on the keyboard.
AROW:
Airworthiness,Registration, Operator
Manual, Weight and Balance .
I wrote that when I just finished my
flight training 5 years ago.
The checklist is adjusted for a 85 horse
engine with a McCauley prop. I would publish it on the Ercoupers side if it
would be more common. Or Maybe, with your help I can make a few more for
different Engine/Aircraft Combinations and publish them on the Ercoupers site.
One thing I realized late was how little
payload we actually have in our Coupes.
Hartmut
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